Kim Jong-il, President of North Korea (died on Dec 19, 2011) Kim Jong-il, at 64, is the unchallenged leader of North Korea. Since he succeeded his father Kim Il-sung in 1994 the secretive communist state has sunk further into poverty, while its foreign policy has become ever more combative and anti-Western. The birth of Kim Il-sung’s eldest son – now More →
The president of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoyty, resigned on December 10, 2011. Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev will be acting president from December 11 until the new presidential election scheduled for March 25, 2012. Eduard Kokoyty, President of South Ossetia (Кокойты Эдуард Джабеевич) born on October 31, 1964 in Tskhinvali. Professional career started as an electrical engineer. Graduated South Ossetian Pedagogical More →
Almazbek Atambayev, President of Kyrgyzstan (elected on Oct 30, 2011) Almazbek Atambayev has been the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan since 17 December 2010. Previously he was Prime Minister from 29 March 2007 until 28 November 2007. He has also served as the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan since 30 July 1999. Atambayev was an unsuccessful candidate in More →
Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister of Japan (since Sept 2, 2011) Yoshihiko Noda (born 20 May 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives (lower house) in the Diet (national legislature). Formally appointed as the Prime Minister of Japan by the Emperor of Japan on 2 September 2011. Noda was More →
Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand (since August 5, 2011) Yingluck Shinawatra (born 21 June 1967), or nickname Pu, is a Thai businesswoman and politician, member of the Pheu Thai Party, and the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election. Yingluck is Thailand’s first female Prime Minister. Born in Chiang Mai province, Yingluck Shinawatra earned bachelor’s degree from More →
Truong Tan Sang, President of Vietnam (since July 25, 2011) Trương Tấn Sang (born on 21 January 1949) is the current president of Vietnam and the senior member of the politburo, the executive committee of the ruling Communist Party. He was ranked as the party’s number one leader following the 11th National Congress held in Hanoi in January 2011. He More →
Thein Sein, President and former Prime Minister of Myanmar (Burma) (elected President on Feb 4, 2011) Thein Sein (born 20 April 1945) is the current prime minister of Burma (officially Myanmar). He was appointed in April 2007 by the nation’s ruling military junta as interim prime minister, replacing Soe Win, who was undergoing medical treatment. Thein Sein became Soe Win’s More →
Jhala Nath Khanal, Prime Minister of Nepal (elected on Feb 3, 2011) Jhala Nath Khanal (born 20 May 1950) is a Nepalese politician who has been Prime Minister of Nepal since February 2011. He is Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN (UML)) and Leader of Constituent Assembly Parliamentary Party of CPN (UML). Born on May 20, 1950 More →
Benigno S. Aquino III, President of Philippines (since June 30, 2010) Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (born February 8, 1960) also known as Noynoy Aquino is the fifteenth President of the Philippines and is concurrently the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Aquino is a fourth-generation politician: his great-grandfather, Servillano “Mianong” Aquino, served as a delegate More →
Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen 1942: Born in Bayt al-Ahmar as a member of the Sanhan tribe of the Hashid tribe. 1958: Joins the army only 16 years old. 1962 September 26: Saleh leads a coup that replaces the Muslim monarchy of North Yemen with a civilian government. 1974: Saleh takes part in the coup that brings Ibrahim al-Hamdi More →
Islam Abdughanievich Karimov, President of Uzbekistan The words “first”, “for the first time”, “never before” have been used more often and insistently lately when talking about Uzbekistan. After 1989, the days of the republic were full of so many events and phenomena that it would be sufficient for dozens of years in other times. Among them was the declaration of More →
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, was elected as the new President of the United Arab Emirates on 3rd November, to succeed his father, the late HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. HH Sheikh Khalifa has committed himself to continue in the More →
Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhammedow, born June 29, 1957) has been the President of Turkmenistan since December 21, 2006, when he became acting president following the death of Saparmurat Niyazov. On February 14, 2007, Berdimuhammedow was named the winner of the presidential election held three days earlier, and immediately sworn into office. Early years Berdimuhammedow was born More →
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste (East Timor) Date of Birth: June 20, 1946 Place of Birth: Manatuto, Timor-Leste Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão was born on June 20, 1946 in Manatuto, Timor-Leste (East Timor). He was raised in the country, with a brother and five sisters. His father was a schoolteacher. He completed primary and started secondary school More →
Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan He was born to a peasant family in Dangara, Kulob province. As an apparatchik rising through the nomenklatura, his original power base was as chairman of the collective state farm of his native Dangara. In 1990 he was elected a people’s deputy to the Supreme Council of the Tajik SSR. President Rahmon Nabiyev, fearing for More →